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| The Vernon Lamb Archive, Sports & Sports Clubs |
| A Unique Photographic Record of Matlock & District, 1910-1915, and World War One Soldiers |
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| Place: | Matlock Moor |
| Property / Street / Road: | Cuckoostone |
| Date: | Sept 1914 (published in The High Peak News on 5th) |
| Description/Historical Information: | Matlock Rifle Range. Mr Harry
Douglas and Mr Gus Knowles instructing new recruits. They appear to be using an earlier rifle than the standard Lee-Enfield used by the Army in WW1 (possibly a Martini-Henry). Also see VLA5263. In 1921 it was decided to revive the Matlock and District Rifle Club; its last meeting had been in 1915. At the outbreak of war there had been 33 members, of whom six lost their lives. They were: L. G. Dickenson, R. Smith, Wm. Bosley (commemorated at Cromford), John Finney and Frank White. Note that one name is missing. |
| Further information elsewhere on this site: |
- Matlock: The Douglas Brothers - Harry Douglas & Fellow Officers, Empire Hotel Buxton, Dec 1914 - Names on Matlock's War Memorial : WW1, Surnames A - J - Names on Matlock's War Memorial : WW1, Surnames K - W - Names on Matlock Bath's War Memorial |
| Image Reference: | VLA4896 |
| Copyright: | © The Vernon Lamb Archive and Robert White. See About the Archive and About Vernon Lamb, Photographer. |